Lexical Definition

‎מְעִיל‎ mᵉʻîyl (meh-eel') robe ^H:N-M
from ‎מָעַל‎ in the sense of covering

cloke, coat, mantle, robe.

• a robe (i.e. upper and outer garment)

1) robe
1a) a garment worn over a tunic by men of rank
1b) a long garment worn by David's daughters
1c) a garment of the high priest
1d) (fig.) of attributes

See Greek: ἐπενδύτης · ἱμάτιον · ποδήρης · στολή · χιτών

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְעִיל‎ noun masculine^{1Sam 2:19} robe (Thes conjecture original meaning cover for √ ‎מעל‎, compare ‎בגד‎; Ba ^{ES 15} compare Arabic an outer garment, but against this Sta^{ThLz, Apr. 28, 1894, 235}); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 28:31 + 18 t.; suffix ‎מְעִילוֺ‎ 1Sam 15:27 ‎מְעִלוֺ‎ Job 1:20; Job 2:12 + 4 t. singular; plural ‎מְעִילִים‎ 2Sam 13:18, (but strike out We Klo Kit Bu SS; original gloss ‎מֵעוֺלָם‎ We Kit Bu); ‎מְעִילֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 26:16 — exterior garment, robe, worn over the inner tunic ‎׃ כְּתֹנֶת‎

1. worn by men of rank: Saul and Jonathan 1Sam 18:4; 1Sam 24:5*; 1Sam 24:12* (twice in verse); princes of the sea Ezek 26:16 Job Job 1:20; Job 2:12 Samuel 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 28:14 Ezra Ezra 9:3; Ezra 9:5 David clothed with ‎בוץ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Chr 15:27 (in the procession of the ark); the child Samuel had ‎קָטֹן‎‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Sam 2:19 — (it had a skirt ‎כנף‎ 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 24:5*; 1Sam 24:12* (twice in verse)).

2. worn by the daughters of David 2Sam 13:18 (but probably strike out, see above)

3. robe of high priest (only P): ‎מְעִיל הָאֵפוֺד‎, made of purple stuff, Exod 28:31; Exod 29:5; Exod 39:22 ‎אפוד ומעיל‎ Exod 28:4 ‎הַמְּעִיל‎ Lev 8:7, having ‎שׁוּלֵי הַמְּעִיל‎ skirts Exod 28:34; Exod 39:24; Exod 39:25; Exod 39:26, around which were alternate coloured pomegranates and golden bells, and ‎פִּי הַמְּעִיל‎, an opening or hole by which it might be drawn over the head Exod 39:28.

4. figurative of attributes (of ‎׳‎‎י‎, and of men), ‎קנאה‎ Isa 59:17 ‎צדקה‎ Isa 61:10 ‎משׁפט‎ Job 29:14 ‎בשׁת‎ Ps 109:29.

II. ‎מַ֫עַל‎ see below ‎עלה‎. ‎מֵעַל‎ see ‎עַל‎. p. 751, 758f[‎מֹ֫עַל‎], ‎מַעֲלֶה‎, ‎מַעֲלָה‎ see below ‎עלה‎. [‎מַעֲלִיל‎, ‎מַעֲלָל‎] see ‎עלל‎. [‎מַעֲמָד‎], ‎מָעֳמָד‎ see ‎עמד‎. ‎מַעֲמָסָה‎ see ‎עמס‎. ‎מַעֲמַקִּים‎ see ‎עמק‎. ‎מַ֫עַן‎ see ‎מַעֲנֶה‎ below I. ‎עָנָה‎. ‎מַעֲנֶה‎, ‎מַעֲנָה‎, ‎מַעֲנִית‎ see I. ‎ענה‎. ‎מְעֹנָה‎ see ‎עון‎.

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